Tatis is already 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, so he will likely grow out of shortstop, but his bat should be good enough for him to profile as at least an average regular at third base.
Visit the official website of the Hall of Fame at BaseballHall.orgOFFICIALLY LICENSED PRODUCT OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION-MLBPA trademarks and copyrighted works, including the MLBPA logo, and other intellectual property rights are owned and/or held by MLBPA and may not be used without MLBPA’s written consent. College: None. Elijiah is currently in the White Sox organization...Goes by the nickname "El Niño"...Has two dogs: Nala and Pumba...His favorite TV show is Friends...Originally signed by White Sox scout Miguel Peguero.Made his professional debut with the AZL Padres (R) and hit .273 (48-for-176) in 43 games before also hitting .273 (12-for-44) in 12 games for Tri-City (A)...Recorded multi-hit efforts in 10 of his first 17 professional games from 6/22-7/13, hitting .342 (25-for-73)...Collected just five multi-hit efforts in his next 26 games from 7/14-8/18, hitting .223 (23-for-103)...Assigned to Tri-City on 8/19 and hit safely in eight of his 12 games.Spent the entire campaign with San Antonio (AA), posting a .286/.355/.507 slash line with 16 HR and 43 RBI before undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a fractured left thumb in July...After slashing .177/.231/.333 with four doubles, three HR and 10 RBI in his 24 games played in April, he earned Texas League Player of the Month honors in May, posting a .336/.414/.639 line with 12 doubles, seven HR and 16 RBI...hit safely in 23 of his 29 May games, including 12 multi-hit efforts and six three-hit games...In his 35 games from 6/1-7/19, he slashed .319/.387/.511 with six doubles, six HR, 17 RBI and 31 runs scored...On 7/19, he fractured his left thumb sliding headfirst into second base on a steal attempt...he homered to lead off the game two at-bats earlier in SA's 7-4 win at Frisco...At the time of his season-ending injury, his 77 runs scored led the TL and ranked second across the entire minors...also ranked second in the TL in XBH (42), fourth in SLG (.507), tied for fifth in doubles (22), tied for sixth in hits (101) and tied for seventh in HR (16) and SB (16)...Earned TL Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star honors and named an MiLB.com Organinzation All-Star for SD...Selected to the World Team roster representing the Dominican Republic for his first SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game appearance on 7/15 at Nationals Park...hit a 107.1 MPH single to left field on a 102.3 MPH fastball off CIN prospect RHP Hunter Greene in the top of the third...stole second base after his next at-bat with a Sprint Speed of 28.4 feet per second, per Statcast, above the Major League average of 27.0...Homered in back-to-back games for the third and fourth time in his career (5/1-2 and 6/30-7/2)...Recorded three multi-HR games (4/24, 5/15 and 6/30)...ended 2018 with four career two-HR games...Recorded a career-high-tying four hits and a season-high-tying three runs and three RBI in SA's 10-0 victory on 6/6 at Midland ...Hit safely in a season-high 13 consecutive games from 6/21-7/13 (.423/.464/.712), two shy of his career-high 15- game hit streak in 2017...Following the season, played for Estrellas Orientales in his hometown of San Pedro de Marcois in the Dominican Winter League... helped the club to their first championship in more than half a century, slashing .263/.379/.488 with three home HR in the regular season, followed by three more HR in the playoffs and earning MVP honors of the round-robin portion of the playoffs...Entered 2019 rated as the No. This set of Cornhole bags features crisp Fernando Tatis Jr. and San Diego Padres graphics so everyone will know who you're rooting for at the big game. Height/Weight: 6' 3"/217 lbs. Position: Shortstop Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-3, 217lb (190cm, 98kg) Team: San Diego Padres (majors) Born: January 2, 1999 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic do.
Get the latest news on Fernando Tatis Jr.. Stay up to date with MLB player news, rumors, updates, analysis and more at FOX Sports. Visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com, the Players Choice on the web.© 2019 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Server restart scheduled at 3 AM PT on Friday 7/24/2020. This is not a stock photo, what you see is what you get. Fernando Gabriel Tatís Medina is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. 2 spot and No.